Old Fogey's Quotes for Friday

"Cheney has swallowed the presidency."
John Dean, the White House lawyer who helped blow the whistle on the Watergate scandal.
John Dean Criticizes Bush's 'Imperial Presidency'

"I would like to remove my name from the list of scientists who dispute global warming. I know my coauthors would as well."
Peter Doran , an associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, whose work has erroneously been cited as proof against global warming
Op-Ed Contributor: Cold, Hard Facts

"The military has lived with [the Geneva Conventions provisions] for 50 years and applied them to every conflict, even against irregular forces. Why are we suddenly afraid now about the vagueness of its terms?"
Tom Malinowski, director of the Washington office of Human Rights Watch, regarding new legislation drafted by the Bush administration to grant U.S. personnel new protections against prosecution for past violations of the War Crimes Act of 1996, which criminalized violations of the Geneva Conventions
Detainee Abuse Charges Feared: Shield Sought From '96 War Crimes Act

"I'm happy where things are right now."
Paul A. Miller, president of the American League of Lobbyists
Congress to Adopt Scaled-Down Rules on Lobbying

"This is not a life."
Ghassan Nadeem, 35, a professor at Baghdad University, whose wife was killed in a Bagdad blast
Blasts Hit Upscale Baghdad

"A person charged with an offense under this Act may be tried and punished at any time without limitations."
Draft legislation by White House regarding prosecution of detainees
Draft Bill Waives Due Process

". . . maybe we don't like it much, but we need to move forward with it just for political reasons."
Rep. Mike Castle, (R-Del.) on bringing a minimum wage bill to another vote
House Republicans Plan Minimum Wage Vote
[Blogger note: continue to pressure your representatives]

"Every day America gives the green light to further Israeli violence, our already tattered reputation sinks even lower."
Warren Christopher, secretary of state from 1993 to 1997
A Time To Act

"Privately, some Democrats, while admitting that they haven't exactly been taking the high road, say they have no choice, that in a competition with Karl Rove, nice guys finish last."
Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of the New Republic and author of "The Good Fight: Why Liberals -- and Only Liberals -- Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again."
Pander and Run

“If the peace option is rejected due to the Israeli arrogance, then only the war option remains, and no one knows the repercussions befalling the region, including wars and conflict that will spare no one, including those whose military power is now tempting them to play with fire.”
Saudi royal court warning as Lebanese fatalities continue
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah